Eric enjoys spending time with his wife and children, running, reading novels, trying new restaurants, going to music festivals, and being a weekend-warrior working on home improvement projects.
Eric J. White focuses his Atlanta-based practice on business litigation, government investigations, and white-collar criminal matters.
Before joining Miller & Martin, Eric served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, where he investigated and prosecuted federal criminal matters involving bank fraud, wire fraud, corruption, bribery, cartel-connected drug trafficking, and money laundering. As a member of the Public Integrity and Civil Rights Section, Eric focused on investigations involving elected and public officials, as well as other highly sensitive matters. Prior to that, as a member of the Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Section, Eric investigated and prosecuted international drug trafficking and money laundering organizations. While at the United States Attorney’s Office, Eric served as lead trial counsel in multiple federal jury trials, and he has argued before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Eric uses his extensive courtroom experience to represent both companies and individuals in contested business disputes, state and federal government inquiries and investigations, and in criminal proceedings.
Prior to his federal prosecutorial service, Eric practiced complex commercial litigation at an international litigation firm in New York, where he represented both plaintiffs and defendants in civil disputes involving mergers and acquisitions, investments and securities, breach of contract, fraud, antitrust and competition, trade secrets, and restrictive covenants. Eric also represented clients in domestic and foreign government investigations, internal investigations, and criminal defense proceedings.
Eric began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Emily C. Marks of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
- Served as Assistant United States Attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia (2023-2026).
- Represented large Korean financial institution in one-week bench trial in Delaware Court of Chancery in the first COVID-era busted deal case in which the client sought to walk away from a $6 billion deal. Secured trial victory. In addition to being released from deal, client obtained full recovery of its $600 million+ deposit and was awarded its full attorneys’ fees and costs. Affirmed on appeal by the Delaware Supreme Court in an opinion setting the precedent on ordinary course covenants in deal documents.
- Represented large American insurance company in a jury trial in Delaware Superior Court. Secured trial victory. Jury found that policyholder had committed fraud, acted in bad faith, and breached policy provisions, resulting in a take-nothing jury verdict.
- Served as lead trial counsel in dual federal prosecutions involving the largest heroin and fentanyl seizure in Georgia history, which also included the seizure of 40 firearms and over $2.1 million in United States currency. Secured trial victory.
- Presented oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in a federal criminal matter where the defendant argued that the Government violated his Sixth Amendment rights.
- Represented high-profile client in wire fraud investigation and prosecution brought by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
- Investigated and prosecuted sensitive public corruption and bribery matters involving elected and public officials.
- Represented Brazilian financial institution in internal investigation related to allegations of fraud and bribery under United States and Brazilian law.
- Represented company in Federal Trade Commission investigation, where the company was accused of using deceptive tactics to harvest personal information.
- Represented large American financial institution in civil litigation related to the large-scale fraud against a Malaysian investment fund.
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Clerkships
Certifications
Accolades
Memberships
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Criminal Justice Section
- Georgia Bar Association, General Practice and Trial Law, White Collar Law Section
Community
- J.D., magna cum laude, Georgia State College of Law, 2018
- Highest Pro Bono Distinction
- Dean’s Scholar
- B.A., cum laude, Georgia State University, 2015